9 October '11For Chinnaponnu and Hamsa, domestic helps in Delhi, the identity that Aadhaar promises to give is just another way to be part of the system, even if on the fringes. Uma Vishnu follows them as they go ...

10 July '11When the vaults of the centuries-old Padmanabha Swamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram were opened, they revealed a dazzling collection of wealth. Uma Vishnu visits the temple, meets a king in distress an...

15 May '11Bhatta-Parsaul, the country’s latest battleground over land acquisition, are twin villages along the Yamuna Expressway, a stretch that has triggered a gold rush among builders and real estate agents.
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24 October '10This is the extraordinary story of a father who won’t give up. Air Force Sergeant Ravi Shankar lost his daughter in the tsunami of 2004. Apurva was eight then. For six years, Sergeant Shankar has sear...

1 August '10Thousands of years ago, Muziris was a thriving port city on the western coast of India, with links to the Roman empire. And then, it disappeared. Now, four seasons of excavations in Pattanam, a coasta...

16 May '10In 2004, months after Sushma Tiwari married Prabhu Nochil, an OBC from Kerala, her brother Dilip Tiwari killed her husband and three others in a chawl in Mumbai. A sessions court and the Bombay High C...

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You, the UPA, destroyed roads, airlines, power, education, industry, employment… you rocked the financial boat, you came for freedom, you legitimised being corrupt. But we did not speak out. Remember, we do have the vote.
Pratap Bhanu MehtaWhile we were silent, July 11

Really, Mr Mehta? Much that I enjoy your sophomoric
enthusiasm, your assertions are hurried and inaccurate. The UPA didn't aim to silence people. The UPA heard what the people spoke.
Pawan KheraImagining a silence, missing the point, July 19

I respect Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Shekhar Gupta, but find their diatribes sweepingly denunciatory. They have failed to notice today's India boasts a thriving, entrepreneurial and globalised economy.
Shashi TharoorNote to UPA-bashers, July 23

Pawan Khera and Shashi Tharoor's defence of the UPA, as rejoinders to articles by Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Shekhar Gupta, displays how political sycophancy can distort perception. They are written to ensure their status in the party.
Madhu TrehanA people in despair, a government in wonderland